Sunday, August 26, 2007

neither shaken nor stirred

I tried to post on here a while ago but no success.I have been drinking martinis with Japanese product designers and making animations for experimenta. we went out to New Gold Mountain; the very red and tiny bar above double happiness.While we were drinking I had a entertainingly Jeeves and Wooster exchange with the cocktail waiter-I had a sore throat and thought perhaps something theraputically hot might help-excuse me, do you have chilli vodka?yes...I think I might try a chilli vodka martini.following this there was a longish pause where the waiter hesitated and inclined his head to one side. I asked-Is that a heretical suggestion for a martini?The martini is entirely at the customer's discretion.You say that in the same way someone might say "You can wear that lime-green sports coat if you wish, sir- it is entirely at your discretion."Well...two shots of chilli vodka; its going to burn more than a vindaloo... If I might suggest a different drink...I decided, at my discretion, to try his more orthodox suggestion.

It was good to find out from the Japanese that they design all their products by hand, carving models before anything gets computer modelled; "how can you tell what something is going to feel like to use if you don't make a model- it might look ok but when you pick it up it feels wrong"

I have just finished a week of installing art at the blackbox at the arts centre and never want to see another interactive projection ever again.